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More Students Refusing to Pay Loan Debts to Fraudulent Online Colleges

They call it a debt revolt. Hundreds of students who got loans to pay for degrees through online schools like Everest, owned by Corinthian Colleges, are refusing to pay them back. They argue that Corinthian lied about how many of their graduates landed jobs, and are asking the U.S. Education Department to forgive their loans.…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Bruce Timm Reacts To Suicide Squad’s Live-Action Harley Quinn

Just yesterday, you saw the new look for the Suicide Squad movie’s Harley Quinn. And today, we’ve asked Harley Quinn co-creator Bruce Timm for his thoughts on the lady who loves Mr. J and got some additional information on his new web series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles on Machinima. Paul Dini and Bruce…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Pythons Take Over Florida, Are Busted By GPS

One of America’s most delicate ecosystems is invaded with swarms of giant, non-native Burmese pythons. They’re big. They screw up the ecosystem. And they’re hard to find. But researchers may have finally learned how to round ‘em up, thanks to radio and GPS. The easily camouflaged, semi-aquatic Burmese python can easily hit 20 feet and…

Biology Bryan Lufkin

Did Rebels Blow Up the Death Star, or Was it Planned By the Empire?

There has been heated debate within the galaxy on this issue. Sadly, this is yet another example of conspiracy theorists showcasing their inability to accept logic as well as the presence in the Star Wars universe of chance, anomalies, negligence, humanoid and alien error. Engineers and Designers for Truth claim it was the latter. What…

Tech News Ken Miyamoto - QUORA

Watch a terrifying worm bug thing shoot out an attacking web goo

I no longer want to live in this world anymore because I don’t want to share it with this utterly terrifying ribbon worm that has the ability to spit out an even more terrifying web-shaped goo. The way the substance stretches across that person’s hand just makes me want to never ever go outside again.…

Sploid Casey Chan

SMBC’s Starpocalypse Is Just Plain Wrong, And I Can’t Stop Watching

At last it’s online — Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Theater’s Starpocalypse is here, and your universe will never be the same again! In keeping withthe SMBC webcomic, which we’ve featured many times over the years, this online comedy video is silly, goofy and all kinds of demented. There’s a distinct pantomime sensibility to Starpocalypse, in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Giant Magnet Goes On Cross-Country Trip To Find Self, Study the Universe

A special visitor recently arrived at Brookhaven National Laboratory after a weeks-long cross-country trek, requesting a homecooked meal and shower, probably. Image: The BaBar Magnet, via SLAC on Flickr and Symmetry Magazine. Photo by Andy Freeberg. The 20-ton superconducting magnet is called the BaBar magnet, and it was recently transported across the country on the…

Physics & Chemistry Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

A History of Graphic Design As Told By 18 Classic Posters

GIFs are funny but fleeting; websites might convey more information—but if you really want to make a point, you design a poster. A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt focuses on the cultural impact of this persuasive graphic design medium and the science behind what makes posters in particular pack their visual punch. 125 posters…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Some Of Comics’ Best Artists Have Drawn Covers For The Fight Club Sequel

On May 27th, Chuck Palahniuk unleashes the long-awaited comic sequel to his best-selling book and its hit movie adaptation, courtesy of Dark Horse. We’re excited to bring you this collection of the first issue’s many covers — including a few exclusive reveals! — as we get the artists to break the first rule of Fight…

io9 Rob Bricken

Clive Barker, Bob Orci, And RoboCop Are All Getting New Web Series

Online urban legends like Jeff the Killer, theSlender Man and Ben Drowned are all getting their own web series thanks to horror guru Clive Barker! Plus there’s new a new season of Bruce Timm’s Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles to get excited about! Here’s what we know. Machinima held their own “newfronts” presentation today…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Today’s XKCD Finally Takes Physics To Task

To be fair, though, physics has had this coming for years. Had this coming. What do I mean by that? Back in 2008, Randall Munroe published “Purity,” a single-panel comic that characterized sociology as applied psychology, psychology as applied biology, biology as applied chemistry, chemistry as applied physics, and physics as applied math. Maybe you’ve…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Coolest Thing About TomTom’s New Action Camera Is Its Clever Battery

TomTom’s new Bandit action camera at first seems to be just another uninspired rugged shooter. But a closer look reveals that even without trying the camera to see if it’s any good, I’m impressed by the clever battery design. The Bandit looks nice, but its specs won’t surprise anybody. It shoots 1920 x 1080 footage…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Magicians Adaptation Is Finally Coming To A TV Screen Near You

A bid back in 2012 to bring Lev Grossman’s Magicians fantasy trilogy to TV fell through, but round two has proven a success: Syfy has given its new pilot a 12-episode series order, and it will begin filming this summer. As Deadline reports, producer Michael London was also behind the earlier Magicians adaptation that did…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Crowdsource Your Next Camping Trip

Looking for a good place to go camping this weekend? Need to borrow a tent to make it happen? The same tools you use to find a new restaurant or save money on hotels or rides are finally coming to the outdoors. Yelp, For Campgrounds How do you find new places to go camping? If…

Reviews Wes Siler

10 of the craziest robot fights in movie history

Robots vs robots. Transformer vs Transformer. Terminator vs Terminator. Robot fights are awesome spectacles that are packed with blinding explosions and rumbling sound effects and unbelievable special effects that they’re perfect to watch in a big, loud and dark movie theater. Here are 10 of the craziest robot fights in movies: SPLOID is delicious brain…

Sploid Casey Chan

Microsoft’s Age-Guessing Tool Takes On History’s Most Iconic Portraits

Microsoft’s How-Old.net site has quickly become an internet sensation after it was introducedlast week at the company’s annual Build Developer Conference. We tested the software with some famous faces and iconic portraits of the world, and the results are priceless. According to Microsoft developers: while the API is reasonably good at locating the faces and…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Here’s Why A Bottle Of Beer Overflows When You Tap It

A quick tap on the top of a freshly-opened beer brings up a massive wave of fizz. This video lets you see how that happens, and tells you what’s happening inside the bottle. Once a beer is opened, the major pressure-release has already happened, so why does tapping the top with another bottle of beer…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The new Vader Minifig has a two-piece helmet just like in the movies

Just because all the Star Wars vehicles and figures in your collection are made from Lego doesn’t mean they still can’t be accurate to the actual movies. So for its new Death Star Final Duel set being released in June, Lego redesigned the Vader minifig’s helmet to break into two pieces exactly like it did…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Everything You Need To Build a Triple-Bladed Lightsaber

It’s easy to figure out exactly when Star Wars fans first started building their own replica lightsabers—it was almost certainly the same day the original film premiered back in 1977. And if the triple-bladed lightsaber seen in the teaser for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens has inspired your DIY side, this infographic will…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Deepen Your Appreciation Of Scifi Cinema With These Movie Supercuts

There are so many things to appreciate about individual movies — the acting, the sound, the character designs. Sometimes supercuts focusing on a very specific aspect of a movie, a genre, or a director’s catalogue helps us better study and appreciate the small decisions that go into making a film great. Xenomorph scenes from Aliens…

io9 Vincze Miklós

More Students Refusing to Pay Loan Debts to Fraudulent Online Colleges

Bruce Timm Reacts To Suicide Squad’s Live-Action Harley Quinn

Pythons Take Over Florida, Are Busted By GPS

Did Rebels Blow Up the Death Star, or Was it Planned By the Empire?

Watch a terrifying worm bug thing shoot out an attacking web goo

SMBC’s Starpocalypse Is Just Plain Wrong, And I Can’t Stop Watching

Giant Magnet Goes On Cross-Country Trip To Find Self, Study the Universe

A History of Graphic Design As Told By 18 Classic Posters

Some Of Comics’ Best Artists Have Drawn Covers For The Fight Club Sequel

Clive Barker, Bob Orci, And RoboCop Are All Getting New Web Series

Today’s XKCD Finally Takes Physics To Task

The Coolest Thing About TomTom’s New Action Camera Is Its Clever Battery

The Magicians Adaptation Is Finally Coming To A TV Screen Near You

Crowdsource Your Next Camping Trip

10 of the craziest robot fights in movie history

Microsoft’s Age-Guessing Tool Takes On History’s Most Iconic Portraits

Here’s Why A Bottle Of Beer Overflows When You Tap It

The new Vader Minifig has a two-piece helmet just like in the movies

Everything You Need To Build a Triple-Bladed Lightsaber

Deepen Your Appreciation Of Scifi Cinema With These Movie Supercuts

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